Now here this, on 23 JUNE 05 through 26 JUNE 2005 all hands are to
muster at the Town and Country Inn, Charleston, South Carolina for the
third USS ENGLAND DLG/CG-22 Reunion!!!
Our
reunion coordinators are again Military Locator and Reunion Service, Inc.
They have helped us put on great reunions in the past and this one
promises to be even better with visits to Patriots Point, CSS Hunley and
more plus banquet and fun! What they cannot help us with is ensuring that
the best part of the reunion is a part of it, all of you. People come to
the reunions to see their shipmates! You must be there! Your shipmates are
counting on you.
CSS Hunley
You
also must register!!! You can download your registration packet here.
please be sure and read all the instructions as some of the procedures
have changed since 2003.
The
registration packet will allow you to book your hotel room, meals, tours
and events. You'll need to book your own travel.
You
are each hereby ordered to complete your registration and send it in!
You are also ordered to call every shipmate you know, get a registration
into their hands and encourage them to sign up. We need all hands on
board to make this the best reunion ever!
You
can download your registration here:
 To
view, download a copy of Adobe
Acrobat Reader.
We
need some volunteers for a work party. For the reunion we need the
following:
- Speakers
for the banquet Saturday Evening.
- A
Chaplain for the banquet Saturday Evening.
- A
shipmate to read the dedication to POWs and those lost for the
banquet Saturday Evening.
- Flags
- Memorabilia
and displays
Please
step up now and help!!!! E-Mail me at dennis@obriens.net!!!
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- AN IMPORTANT LETTER -
February
1,2005
IT
IS TIME TO BUILD A USS OKLAHOMA MEMORIAL AT PEARL HARBOR
BACKGROUND
The
attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941 by the Empire of Japan forever
changed the United States of America. The surprise attack and enormous loss
of life galvanized and united our country to "Remember Pearl
Harbor" as a rallying cry.
WHY
A USS OKLAHOMA MEMORIAL?
Among
the many ships in Pearl Harbor that day were nine battleships (Arizona,
California. Maryland, Oklahoma, Nevada, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Utah, West
Virginia) where many sailors and marines fought bravely for their very
lives. From the horrific damage done that day only three battleships did not
return to action, the USS Arizona where I, 177 men to this day lie entombed
and for which a memorial does exist, the USS Utah where 59 men lie entombed
and for which a memorial does exists and the USS Oklahoma where 429 men lost
their lives (second highest) and for which a memorial does not exist. The
eight other battleships in the harbor that day all have memorials. Only the
USS Oklahoma has no permanent memorial.
The building and dedication of a lasting and fitting USS Oklahoma Memorial
on Ford Island (near mooring berths Fox 5/'6) at Pearl Harbor is the sole
reason For our efforts. We are targeting December 7, 2005 for the dedication
of this memorial to honor those brave souls who in the words of Abraham
Lincoln "gave their last full measure of devotion".
CONTRIBUTION
Our
budget is $500,000. Your contribution is fully tax deductible as the USS
Oklahoma Memorial Foundation is an approved 501c (3) not-for-profit entity
whose sole purpose is to build and maintain the proposed USS Oklahoma
Memorial.
Make checks payable to "USS Oklahoma Memorial" and mail C/o Tucker
Mchugh, 1409 Bella Vista, Edmond, OK 73013.
Your contribution NOW is critical to meeting a projected December 7, 2005
dedication deadline.
| Sincerely,
Tucker
McHugh
Chairman, USS Oklahoma Memorial Committee |
Sincerely,
Paul Goodyear
Member, Executive Committee and Pearl Harbor Survivor |
Related
Material:
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In
the April 2005 issue of the U.S. Naval Institute's 